Indian Prime Minister Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is facing a major defeat by a regional party in elections in New Delhi that are seen as a referendum on Modi's policies such as a new national citizenship law that excludes Muslims.
Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party, or "common man's" party, celebrate as initial results show the party in the lead, at their party office in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. The polls put Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party against the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party, whose pro-poor policies have focused on fixing state-run schools and providing free health care and bus fares for women during the five years in power.
Saturday’s New Delhi legislative elections pit Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party against the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party, or “common man’s” party, whose pro-poor policies focused on fixing state-run schools and providing cheap electricity, free health care and bus transport for women during its five years in power.
With nearly 60% of the votes counted, the Aam Admi Party, or AAP, was leading in 58 of the 70 constituencies and the BJP in 12, the Election Commission said. The Congress party, led by Sonia Gandhi, was facing a major loss. A victory would be a major boost for AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, the 51-year-old incumbent New Delhi chief minister and anti-corruption crusader.
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